The National Park Service says it is planning a massive restoration of the basin's crumbling sea wall
The historical Tidal Basin, which dates back more than a century, is an annual focus of the National Cherry Blossom Festival and is crowded with visitors who gather there to view and photograph the cherry trees that ring the basin.
“We rerouted the trail in that area to get it further back from the edge,” he said. “We did that 20 years or so ago, and it’s underwater, not every day but a couple times a month,” he said. The contract has been awarded to HDR, an architecture, engineering and planning firm based in Omaha, and Moffatt & Nichol, a Long Beach, Calif., engineering firm with waterfront expertise.The Park Service said it is opening Friday a two-month period for the public to comment on the project.
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